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Lasers reveal lost Mayan civilization of ‘unimaginable scale’

"Researchers now believe the Maya had a population of 10 million, 'much higher' than previous estimates. The discoveries include urban centers with sidewalks, homes, terraces, ceremonial centers, irrigation canals and fortifications."

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I Paid To See A Movie About Singing. I Got 90 Minutes Of Pentagon Propaganda.

"Retired Army lieutenant colonel Thomas Lesnieski, who was involved with the production of the film, says that in order to 'make sure that the way the military is portrayed is done right,' changes were made to the script of Pitch Perfect 3 after the film enlisted 'DoD support'."

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Governments Try to Control Language to Hilarious Results

"The people of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro all speak the same language, the Serbo-Croatian language, yet their respective governments claim that they speak Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin. In reality, the differences between how people speak in the former Yugoslavia are as little as the differences between English in Britain and the United States. Nonetheless, their respective governments sought to courageously protect their people from not speaking a language named after their national identity."

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French actress denounced for defending men’s right to seduce women

"She is one of 100 French women who wrote an open letter, warning about a new 'puritanism' sparked by recent sexual harassment scandals. It deplores a wave of 'denunciations', following rape allegations made against US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. A group of French feminists condemned the letter, accusing the signatories of trivialising sexual violence."

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In North Korea, Black Markets Are Saving Lives

"Initially, these markets consisted of disorganized traders meeting in fields, facing seizure from police if they did not come up with a bribe. Today, the jangmadang practice has led to fully-fledged markets, complete with stalls selling street food, smuggled electronics, ingredients, and clothes; certain markets allegedly grew to encompass upwards of a thousand stalls. Today, the markets remain a crucial element of survival for many North Koreans, with some reports estimating that around 5 million (around a fifth of the overall population) are 'directly or indirectly dependent on the markets'."

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Read more about the article A Study on the Book of Hebrews by Jesse C Jones

A Study on the Book of Hebrews by Jesse C Jones

The Epistle to the Hebrews deals primarily with the Levitical order: the priesthood, sacrifice, and the tabernacle. The Jewish people tended to forsake Jesus Christ and hold to the OT ordinances. The Epistle to the Hebrews makes it clear that in depending on these ordinances for salvation they were placing their trust in something imperfect, and incomplete. This Levitical priests themselves needed to sacrifice for their own sins before they could pray for the sins of the Jewish people, and the blood of bulls and goats God did not desire. Jesus came to be the perfect sacrifice and His sacrifice did not need to be repeated, which leads us to one of the most difficult teachings of Hebrews. Hebrews 6:6 says, “If they (the enlightened ones), shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame."

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Read more about the article The Messianic Line by Jesse C Jones

The Messianic Line by Jesse C Jones

The Bible states that our Lord Jesus Christ was born of the seed of David. Our book concludes that a regenerated (without a sin nature) seed, bonds with an egg in Mary’s body, to begin a gestation period ending nine-months later in a stable in the town of Bethlehem. When the Holy Spirit came upon Mary, the power of the Most High brooded over her much as He did when He created our world: to bring about a process that led to the birth of our Lord and Savior. Thus, Jesus was born of His father David, and His mother Mary, who was a descendant of David through His son Nathan (see Luke 3:23-38). This book describes the genealogy leading up to the Lord’s birth from the beginning to the flood, from the flood to Abraham, from Isaac through Judah, from Pharez through David, and ultimately to the birth of Christ.

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